What makes a language popular - and how to manufacture D popularity

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On Saturday, 28 May 2022 at 10:51:57 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>
> We're also working on migrating critical ecosystem services to 
> the control of the foundation.
>

New information to me. What does that mean in practice and how 
does it differ from
how it is today?


> I've mentioned most of this in meeting summaries here in the 
> forums, particularly in the summaries of our monthly meetings. 
> Please keep up with those if you want to stay abreast of what's 
> going on before any announcements are made. This is the sort of 
> stuff we discuss.
>

The summary of the monthly meetings is certainly an improvement 
in order to communicate the status of the project.

> In short, we know there's a need for more management and 
> guidance, and we are working to address it. It's going slowly 
> because there are always a gazillion other things that need to 
> be done, but it is going. You can expect the vision document 
> before DConf, the services will hopefully be migrated by the 
> end of the year, and the ecosystem team should be in place 
> sometime early next year if not sooner.
>

One thing that people often, also in companies is to instate some 
kind of system where people can work within. This is especially 
important when you have a bunch of loosely connected people based 
on voluntary work. In practice this means that you have a defined 
number actions needed to be done for a certain task. For common 
tasks these needs to be defined and communicated/documented.